Key Votes
HB 2672 - Increasing Moist Snuff Tobacco Tax and Regulations - Key Vote
Oregon Key Votes
Stages
- July 16, 2009 Executive Signed
- June 15, 2009 Senate Bill Passed
- April 22, 2009 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 12, 2009 Introduced
Family
Issues
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Business and Consumers
- Marriage, Family, and Children
- Health and Health Care
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - July 16, 2009
Title: Increasing Moist Snuff Tobacco Tax and Regulations
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (21-9) - June 15, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Increasing Moist Snuff Tobacco Tax and Regulations
Vote to pass a bill that increases the tax on moist snuff tobacco from 65 percent of the sales price to $1.78 per ounce based on the net weight, with a minimum tax of $2.14 per retail container, and imposes additional regulations on moist snuff tobacco manufacturers and retailers.
- - Comply with several requirements outlined in the Smokeless Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 (agreement between U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company and state attorney generals), including, but not limited to, the following:
- - Prohibition on youth targeting;
- Prohibition on the use of cartoons;
- Limitation of tobacco brand name sponsorship, including prohibitions on sponsorship of concerts, athletic events, and other events in which the intended audience is comprised of a significant percentage of youth;
- Prohibition on outdoor advertising and transit advertisements;
- Prohibition on payments related to tobacco products and media;
- Prohibition on tobacco brand name merchandise;
- Prohibition on youth access to free samples;
- Prohibition on gifts to underage individuals based on proofs of purchase;
- Limitation on third-party use of brand names;
- Prohibition on non-tobacco brand names;
- Prohibition on providing tobacco products to teams, including sports teams and entertainment groups;
- Corporate culture commitments related to youth access and consumption;
- Limitations on lobbying, including a prohibition on lobbying against local legislative proposals or administrative rules intended to reduce youth access to tobacco products;
- Regulation and oversight of new tobacco-related trade associations;
- Prohibition on agreements between manufacturers to suppress research of tobacco; and
- Prohibition on material misrepresentations of fact regarding the health consequences of using any tobacco product; and
- Prohibition on challenging the enforceability or constitutionality of state statutes, ordinances, and administrative rules related to underage use; or
- - Pay a judgment or settlement for a claim brought against a tobacco manufacturer;
- Refund a tobacco manufacturer upon establishing that the amount required to be deposited into the escrow account in a particular year was greater than the payments required under the Smokeless Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement of 1998; or
- Refund a manufacturer 25 years after the date in which the funds were deposited into the escrow account.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (40-18) - April 22, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Increasing Moist Snuff Tobacco Tax and Regulations
Vote to pass a bill that increases the tax on moist snuff tobacco from 65 percent of the sales price to $1.78 per ounce based on the net weight, with a minimum tax of $2.14 per retail container, and imposes additional regulations on moist snuff tobacco manufacturers and retailers.
- - Comply with several requirements outlined in the Smokeless Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 (agreement between U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company and state attorney generals), including, but not limited to, the following:
- - Prohibition on youth targeting;
- Prohibition on the use of cartoons;
- Limitation of tobacco brand name sponsorship, including prohibitions on sponsorship of concerts, athletic events, and other events in which the intended audience is comprised of a significant percentage of youth;
- Prohibition on outdoor advertising and transit advertisements;
- Prohibition on payments related to tobacco products and media;
- Prohibition on tobacco brand name merchandise;
- Prohibition on youth access to free samples;
- Prohibition on gifts to underage individuals based on proofs of purchase;
- Limitation on third-party use of brand names;
- Prohibition on non-tobacco brand names;
- Prohibition on providing tobacco products to teams, including sports teams and entertainment groups;
- Corporate culture commitments related to youth access and consumption;
- Limitations on lobbying, including a prohibition on lobbying against local legislative proposals or administrative rules intended to reduce youth access to tobacco products;
- Regulation and oversight of new tobacco-related trade associations;
- Prohibition on agreements between manufacturers to suppress research of tobacco; and
- Prohibition on material misrepresentations of fact regarding the health consequences of using any tobacco product; and
- Prohibition on challenging the enforceability or constitutionality of state statutes, ordinances, and administrative rules related to underage use; or
- - Pay a judgment or settlement for a claim brought against a tobacco manufacturer;
- Refund a tobacco manufacturer upon establishing that the amount required to be deposited into the escrow account in a particular year was greater than the payments required under the Smokeless Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement of 1998; or
- Refund a manufacturer 25 years after the date in which the funds were deposited into the escrow account.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Feb. 12, 2009
Title: Increasing Moist Snuff Tobacco Tax and Regulations
Sponsors
- Sara A. Gelser (OR - D)
- Dave Hunt (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- William E. 'Bill' Morrisette (OR - D) (Out Of Office)